Heating arrangement for retort coke-ovens.



E. W, KING. HEATING ARRANGEMENT FOR BETORT 00KB OVENS. union-10x rILnn 11.20, 1910.

970,720. Patented Sept.'20,1910.

-the gases and then. imparts lt'sheat to the reheatthe air, butv i,

' which the following is a coke ovens provided with EUGENE w. zinc, or sumac-use,

New You, assronda 'ro SEMET-SOINAY COMPANY,

'01! SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A COBPOBATION OF PENNSYLVANIA To all whom it may concern: 1 Be it known that 1,,Euonnn W. KING, -a citizen of the United States, residing at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in Heatin Arrangements for tort Coke-Ovens, o

specification. My invention relates particularly to retort I posed'heating flues connectedin series. Such "uniform coking of the coal charge.

an-arrangem ent of flues presents 'cert'ain advantages,since it enables a very com lete and such a regulation thereof as to secure a Hereto- 'Ffore .with such an arrangement ct, flues the reheatin of the airrequired for'the'comustion o the gas hasv usually been eflected the incoming. air to be by means of recuperators, so called,,in which preheated and the out oin gases of combustion flow continuous y, a ways. in the same direction, through. 4 adjacent passages, the heat of the gases passvide a simple and cam ing through the separating walls and being absorbed-by vthe incoming air. Regenerators,

in'which the gases of combustion and the airtobe reheated flow alternately in o positc directions through. a checkered bric struc'tion, which becomes highly heated by air, are also employed to while-the are highl a vantageous' where their emp o ment is, easible because of the,"

arted to the y applicable extremel high temperature im ,The object of my im rovements is to proy operated arrange' ment which shall enable the combinationof regenerators -.witha series flue system and thus unite the advantageous features ot both cidental-advantages of operation.

constructions, and also to obtain certain in- ,An embodiment of my invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings,-' of which-- a Y L Figure 1 shows a longitudinal section through the heating flues on one side of an oven, and -Fi .2 is a diagrammatic reprc sentation of t e arrangement of parts.

' v *Refe'rringto the'drawings,,.1, 2, 3, 4,5,

indicate the heating flues connected in series on one side of an oven. similar setof flues is provided on each side of each oven horizontally disa if desired, closed entirely.

constructed above each regenerator, whereby the air and gases. passing to and from the burners-"A and wl ule i the intermediate burners B, G, D, E, are located opposite the openingswhich connect flue with-flue. that the number of-burners exceeds by one of the burners, A, A, is alwaysout of opergas current is at all the burners is delivered in the i HEATING ARRANGEMENT FOB BETOBT. COKE-OVENS.

Patented Sept. so, '1910.

.throughout the block of ovens.- Below each --of'the ovens are located two regenerators,lt,

R built of checkered brick work in any usual manner; The regene'rators R, R ,-are connected by passages, P, P, with flues F, F, which are connected atone end through reversing valves, V, V ,'with an outlet passage, G, forthe waste gases of combustion,

leading to a stack, not shownin the drawin and at the other end through reversiif e,

va ves V, V", with an air inlet passage, The gassaxges P, P, are controlled. by dampers by means of which the effective orifice of the passages may be controlled, or, From each of the regeneratorsof'one set, as R, a passage, 0, formed in the division wall between two adjacent sets; of heating flues, leads u ward and is connected with the uppermost 'ues, 1, of the. adjacent sets of heating flues. From each of the other set of regnnerators, as R openings 0 connect wit the lowermost heatin iiues, 5.

vPre erably a shelf or partition S, S is heating flues are caused to traverse the en tire len th of the r enerators R, R instead 0 taking the ortest course to and from the passa 'e, O, and opening, 0?.

The heating nos, 1, 2,3 4,5, are rovided with gasflburners, A, B, (5, D, E, 2

A, are respectively located opposite, or at the ends of the flues 1 and 5,

Thus it will be noted the'number' of flues, since one or the other ation, accordin to the direction in which the owing through the finer The method of operation isras follows: Assuming that the regenerators R are being heated by the-outgoin bastion, valves V, V, are osed, and valves The air to be preheated enters throng passa e,

thence by thesevera passages, P, to and through the regenerators R, and thence by passa s, O, to the uppermost heating1 flues, 1. 'T e air for the combustion of t e as instance into flue 1, whereitisvin excess, and

the excess air not usedup at burner, A, 110

The

gases of com- 1 0 H, to flue, F, and

flues under pressure, and'*the-;wa'ste gases.

passes onward with the gases ofcombustion to the other t-burners. By adjustment of: damper, W, the supply of air may, be proportioned to the requirements of allathe burners, and so-that no excess will remain to pass out ofthe heatinglfiuesgltothe stack.

The hot gases of combustion pass out'of. the

flue system by opening, 0?, to and throu h regenerator, R andlthenceby passage, and flue F to the stack. During this period burner A whichis located afithe end 0f the heating flue system, as the gases are flowing,

,. is closed, burner A being, if desired, inopera and the hot gases of combustioniflow' from the heating flues by 'passa es O to and-1 through regeneratorsR, an 'by" the stack. In this caseburnerFA? is opened ,and burner A is closed, and'the flaines at" burners-B, C, D, E, are-carried by 'thdfaft into the uppermost of the two flues-between which each is'located,'the top -fliie, 13in this case'being heated by theflam ifrom' burner,

' justed for thepropersupply of'air-ito the valve. r U v w f In case it is desired for any reason to cut any individual oven and-tl1e cori esponding In practice the burners A," A will be connected with separate delivery gas pipes, a, a whereby the gas can be' turned 'on'ito-or cutofl from these burners fat all-i'thfe -ovensof the block, bythe manipulatio bfa sihgle' regenerators "out of operation, this is readily effected bye losing the passages PfP which connect the re enerators"with the flues F, F by means of the dampers W, JV Ordi narily, however, after theldampers are ad.-

burners, they require no fu'rtherqattenftion.

In the operation of this'a'systenrcof ovens the air. is preferably suppliedrtoi the oven are withdrawn by agfan prod-need draft. By

this means a balanced drafitr'can be secured and any transfer of gases between the heat-'1 ing flues and the ovens prevented, l v

By means of my invention Ly'provide a;

- simple arrangement ofparts econ'omical :of

construction and easyto: operateQahd at the sametime enabl'ethc operativecombination of 'a regencrator NVlllh,tAfSG,1l0S- SyStGm ofv heating flues, the: advantages of @which Wlll' due I m i -bination otan'a1r inletgpassage; two flues ajran understood by those skilled in the art.

Y What I claim as "new and desire -to.,;seeure by Letters Patent is; 1. The combination with al retifigcoke oven of horizontally disposed heatingjiu'es connected in series, pair of regenerators located below 'and parallel with the oven and connectedin series' with the heating fluesii and means for reversing the flow of gas an air through the regenerators. l

2.- The combination with a 'retort coke joven 'of horizontally. disposed heating flues connected in series, ,a pair of regenerators locatedbelowl and parallel tofthe oven, one

"of said regenerators-being connected by a f 'sin'gleopening with :these'ries of flues at :one end thereof,'=-andthe other of said re-- "genera tors" being connectedby' a single opening with the series of fiues at the other end thereof and flues conneetedawith said re enerators whereby the. waste'igases of com ustion and-"air *are alternately discharged therefrom andadmitted th'eretm; Y i I 3; In a block of retort coke ovensvthe com.-

zr'unning longitudinally'of the block and-arranged to be alternately connected, the one with said airflinlet -passage andzthe other with; a'waste gas exitl passage, a pair of regenerators located below and parallel with each oven and connected the one with one of s'aidfiues and the other-[with the other of said flues, and horizontally disposed heating flues locatedfbetween the ovens and forming 'a 'continuous connecting passage between the regeneratorsof each paln 4. The combination with a retort cokeoven of horizontally disposed heating fiues connected in series-and provided at each end thereof'with: an opening whereby air is admitted toandthe waste gases are discharged from the flues, a burner ateach end of the series of flues and intermediate burners located opposite the openings which connect 1 adjacent flues.

5. The combination with a retort-coke oven ofeafpair. of regenerators located by low and parallel with the-oven, a series ,of herizontally disposed heating flues forming a passage between said rdgenerators, a burner located ateach end of'the; series ofyfiues and intermediate burners located-opposite the openings which connect adjaeent fiues. In testimony'whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name, this 17th day of Janu- EUGENE w. KING. Witnesses: V TnoMAs H. MILLER,

ELIPHALET AUs'rIN Barnes. I I 

